13.8% —
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 34.0%
- 2021: 13.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Yanac · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Yanac
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More people in Yanac are now providing unpaid care than in previous years. This community is defined by a high rate of people looking after children and others, though formal volunteering remains at a rate similar to the rest of the country.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 13.8% of people here volunteer, which is lower than most similar areas and about the same as the figures for Victoria and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is very common in Yanac, with 17.2% of people providing care—well above the national figure of 11.9%. This is driven by a high rate of people caring for children, which at 32.8% is well above the Australian average, though only 13.8% spend 15 or more hours on housework.
17.2% —
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 10.0%
- 2021: 17.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
32.8% —
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 32.0%
- 2021: 32.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
13.8% —
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 22.0%
- 2021: 13.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did 15 hours or more of unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census.
Defence service
People who served in the Australian Defence Force.
No one in the area has served in the Defence Force, a figure that is a little below both the state and national levels.
0.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who have ever served in the Australian Defence Force (currently or previously).
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Community Participation in Yanac [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22899/yanac/topic/community